Cockpot Lentils and Chard
- Ready In:
- 7hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
5 cup
ingredients
- 12 ounces swiss chard
- 1 cup lentils, rinsed, drained
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced, pressed your choice
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed, coarsely crushed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1⁄8 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
- 2 cups reduced-sodium fat-free chicken broth
- salt
- 6 ounces neufchatel cheese, room temperature
directions
- Rinse and drain chard well. Trim off coarse stem ends; then cut stems crosswise into 1/4-inch-wide strips and set aside.
- Cover chard leaves and refrigerate.
- In a 3-quart or larger crockpot, combine chard stems,lentils, onion, garlic, cumin seeds, red pepper flakes, and black pepper.
- Pour in chicken broth. Cover and cook at low setting until lentils are tender when mashed with a fork (6 to 7 hours).
- Cut chard leaves crosswise into 1/2-inch-wide strips; stir into cooker.
- Increase heat setting to high; cover and cook until chard is wilted and bright green (about 15 minutes more).
- Season lentil sauce to taste with salt.
- If serving over cooked pasta, add lentil sauce and Neufchatel cheese to linquine and mix lightly to coat well.
- Offer freshly grated Parmesan cheese to add taste, if desired.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Paris D
United States
If the comments say My kids loved it! then I will probably think it's bland or otherwise yucky... so I don't make recipes that have a lot of My kids loved it! comments.